The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-09-24
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER a. 1887
CANNING Factories.


inquiry sent out by the Southern
Farmer, asking information relative
to the cost of establishing different
sized canning factories and other in.
formation relative thereto, which will
be of interest to our people when we
get our Agricultural and Horticpl-
tural Association thoroughly organ
lied and in good working order
A Baltimore firm states To start q
canning factory on a moderate scale
would cost from $500 to $1,000; to
secure a good professor would be at an
expense of 800 to Sl25 per month.
Prices are as follows; Tomatoes
range from 20 to 25 cents per bushel !
corn from $40 to $l2 per ton peaches
from rs cents to $l,25 per bushel.
A st. Louis firm, manufacturing
eyaporstors for drying fruits and veg
etables, writes
Green corn, sweet potatoes, peas,
etc, can be evaporatatad, as well as
berries of all kinds, We do not know
of any machine for taking green corn
from the ear. An old jack plane, sci
very coarse, makes a good thing,
Put piece OF wood the thickness OF
the grain of corn, behind the bit, and
you can cut 1t very fast,
Another ST. Louis firm answers in.
quiry as follows;
Referring to yours, we will say that
an outfit for a very good canning es
tablishment can BIZ furnished for about
$4OO. This means kettles, tanks,
tools, tables, etc, and not building oil
stock.
We do not think much of evapora
tors for vegetables, as We do not know
of anything in that line that is in do.
mand upon the market
A canning concern is a great helr
to fruit and vegetable gowing dis
trict, as it creates q market for all theil
surplus fruits and vegetables, such al
tomatoes, peas, beans, etc.
This from Chicago:
In answer to your favor of the I'd
inst. we will say, that there is no mar
ket for evaporated vegetables. There
is always a market for eVaporated
fruits, such as peaches, apples, berries
etc, and they sell from as to rs pei
cent above prices for sun-dried.
The machinery for complete can
ming factory will cost about $4,000
and as all canned goods are sold a
ninty days credit it will take from
$4,000 to $4,000 additional to run it
A Chicago business house after in
vestigating the subject says:
To put up a canning factory yol
must secure the service of an exper
superintendent, one who knows wha
size boilers, retorts, ETC., are necessary
1t will be difficult to find such q ma
| Just now, during the canning season
You can buy all Your machinery here
This from ]. NJ. McKain, Will
Point, Texas:
Yours read and noted,
| Our outfit to start a canning factor
here cost $503.59 at factory, 10 pc
cent off for cash. This includes
processing kettle with q capacity @
| from 5000 to 10000 cans per day
and machine TO make cans 1.-TWO an
three pound) with q capacity Of 850
to 5000 cans per day. Our corn Gu
ters will be made here. You can US
! four horse power engine TO max
steam; we have a large size. You
building can be cheap frame struc
ure or an expensive brick II is be
ter to have an experienced man {
manage the processing; we haYe on
| We shall only can fruit and vegetable
| this season. Our outfit is for tw
and three pound cans; a small add
tional expense would prepare US fc
any size cans. This is our first SCI
son and We arc not yet ready to con
mence work, but if you will remin
me after our season is over | will Civ
you the benefit Of onr experiences
what our total expense, cost Of rul
ming and profits have been.
A stamping and canning tool fir
at Buffalo, N. VI, advises not to sta
a canning establishment on . yel
small scale, and in addition il is vel
i ~, ..,-,a..,. Lnk a nrnFsaptpnal ma !, /